POINTS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUYING PHARMA PACKAGING MACHINERY

 

In the pharma industry, there's no margin for error. Whether it be the research, product development, product manufacturing or packaging process, the highest levels of precision, hygiene and quality are mandatory. Stringent GMP, FDA and other compliances have to be met.

Choosing new pharmaceutical packagingmachines can be a confusing, stressful experience. There are so many manufacturers, suppliers and equipment models to choose from, and the cost implications can be huge. Here are some points to keep in mind when selecting your pharma packaging machinery.

1. Output capacity

Output capacity depends on the speed of your machine. Depending on your output requirement, choose a packaging machine thatcan deliver as per specifications. A machine that runs too fast or too slow can be problematic for your operators.

2. Digital capabilities

The pharma industry runs on the power of information technology and automation. A machine with advanced digital capabilities increases efficiency and enhances ease of use. From touch screens and all-access control to IoT compatible systems - pharma equipment with these capabilities will make your processes more productive, accurate and manageable.

3. Cleaning ease

Cleaning is an essential component of any manufacturing process but it shouldn't be complicated or involve huge amounts of downtime. Look for a machine that offers easy disconnect features. It will make cleaning faster, easier, and less stressful for your operators.

4. Production scale

Research industry requirements will naturally differ from those of industrial scale production lines. Machines can be oflab-scale and commercial-scale, so being clear about what type of equipment you need will make your selection easier and more effective.

5. Ease of operation

While modern machines are fully automatic, human intervention cannot be completely ruled out. Man-machine interaction still prevails, so you need a machine or pharma packaging line that is easy to understand and operate. Your equipment shouldn't be so simple as to miss out the latest innovations or technical features, nor should it be too complex to handle. With proper training, your operators should be able to efficiently manage day-to-day operations of the system.

6. Helpful, reliable supplier

Pharmaceutical machinery is a substantial investment, so find a supplier who deals in reputed brands and proven models. Your supplier should also have the knowhow, skills and experience to deliver and service high quality automatic packaging machines. Above all, your supplier should understand your industry needs and criteria, and patiently guide you through the best options.

PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING MACHINES FROM NICHROME

Nichrome is the pioneer and leading provider of integrated packaging solutions in India. It has joined hands with global players to bring to India a comprehensive, state-of-the-art range of cost-effective, high-quality filling lines and primary packaging systems for pharmaceutical products.

Strengthened by its own wealth of diversified knowhow and expertise in packaging, Nichromeoffers the advantage of pooled expertise, delivering top-quality, technologically advanced solutions spanning the entire value chain of filling and packaging lines for pharmaceutical products.

Pharmaceutical powder packing machines, liquid filling machines, sachet filling machines – Nichrome offers a wide range of automatic packaging machines for the pharma industry. It also offers blister packaging lines capsules, tablets, pills and other pharma/cosmetic products besides solutions for processes such as Granulation, Tablet Compression, Coating, Counting and Filling, Printing, Inspection, Bulk packaging, Labelling and Cartoning.

Integrated solutions include:

·         Counting and Feeding systems for tablets/capsules that cover bottle filling & capping, labelling, dessicant & leaflet insertion.

·         Injection Automation line for ampoules/vials that cover washing, drying & sterilising, filling and rubber stoppering, and AL-cap sealing.

If you’re considering pharma packagingmachine manufacturer, contact Nichrome. For 4 broad categories of pharmaceutical products, namely Oral Solid Dosage, Oral Liquid Dosage, Ophthalmic & ENT, and Injectibles (Vials/Ampoules and Pre-filled Syringes) - Nichrome offers advanced technology from international majors, backed by their own expertise, industry knowledge and strong nation-wide sales and service network. Can you ask for anything more?

INTEGRATED PHARMA PACKAGING SOLUTIONS FOR TABLETS FROM NICHROME

 

The pharma industry is constantly evolving and advancing. We see new formulations for better efficacy, alternative user-friendly forms in response to patient needs - complemented by advances in packaging design, materials and technologies.

Product protection is obviously the most important function of packaging. Pharmaceutical products have to be shielded from the damaging effects of the environment. Many formulations become unstable when exposed to air, moisture, or light, and therefore protection from these factors is necessary to ensure medicines remain effective and safe.

What is more, distribution of pharmaceutical products is now more global than ever before, and pharma packaging must therefore fulfil some universally accepted functions.

Functions of Pharma Packaging

1. Containment: The design of high-quality pharma packaging must take into account both the needs of the product and of the manufacturing and distribution system. This requires the pharma packaging: not to leak, nor allow diffusion and permeation of the product, to be strong enough to hold the contents when subjected to normal handling and not to be altered by the ingredients of the formulation in its final dosage form.

2. Protection: Pharma packaging must protect the product against all adverse external influences that may affect its quality, efficacy or potency, such as light, moisture, oxygen, biological contamination, mechanical damage and counterfeiting/adulteration.

3. Information: Pharma packaging is also an essential source of information on medicinal products which is provided by labels and package inserts for patients.

4. Convenience: This is associated with product use or administration

Nichrome’s pharma packaging solutions for tablets

Traditionally, tablets or capsules are the more popular form of oral medicines. These are either fed into plastic or glass pharmaceutical bottles or packed in blister packs. Nichrome offers world class pharma packaging solutions for both blister packaging and bottle filling.

Nichrome has tied up with international pharma packagingmanufacturers to bring their world-class technology for the advantage of the Indian pharma industry.

For tablets/capsules, Nichrome offers two state-of-the-art solutions:

COUNTING AND FILLING

Nichrome’s Counting & Filling machines set new standards in speed and versatility to count any tablet or capsule, and fill a wide range of bottles and containers. This pharma packaging solution is the ultimate answer to the increasing demand for flexible, modular solutions, increased efficiency, productivity and a smaller footprint.

This high speed Counting and Feeding System for Tablets / Capsules, is an integrated solution that covers the entire process:

-          Bottle Filling & Capping

-          Labeling Systems

-          Desiccant Insertion

-          Leaflet Insertion

Customers can order individual machines for specific tasks or invest in a complete integrated line.

BLISTER PACKAGING

Blister packaging is one of the fastest growing packaging options worldwide. Blister packaging helps to increase the shelf life of capsules, tablets, pills and other pharma/cosmetic products. Blister packaging is a proven solution for protecting pharmaceutical products, and are a convenient solution for patients, since they are easy to carry and use on-the-go. Among these are PVC, PCTFE, PVDC and thermoform blisters for less sensitive products or Alu-Alu cold form blisters for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) that are more sensitive.

Nichrome offers both medium and high-speed Blister Packaging Machines for Tablet/ Capsules. It also provides high-speed Card Blister Packaging with automatic feeding system for cosmetic and other healthcare products.

Nichrome Cartoning Machine range for Blister Strips, Bottles, Tubes and Sachets is the perfectly complementary secondary packaging solution. Customers can also request complete integrated lines.

Why Nichrome for Pharma packaging?

In a globalised world, with the opening of global channels and the need to match international standards and quality, pharma product manufacturers and the packaging industry have a challenging time ahead.

Nichrome presents the latest technology and packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Strengthened by its wealth of diversified knowhow and expertise in packaging, Nichrome is joining hands with global players to bring to India a comprehensive, state-of-the-art range of cost-effective, high-quality filling lines and primary packaging systems for pharmaceutical products.

Through their alliance with various companies around the world, Nichrome offers the advantage of pooled expertise, delivering top-quality, technologically advanced solutions spanning the entire value chain of filling and packaging lines for pharmaceutical products.

Nichrome promises customized pharma packaging services, product integration, on-schedule deliveries and after-sales care. They also offer the benefit of single-supplier convenience, and the assurance of international technology backed by expert, local support.

Nichrome Brings One of the Leading Tablets Tooling Manufacturer – Yener to India

As India’s leading integrated packaging solutions provider, Nichrome continuously strives to offer the latest, most sustainable and reliable technology for Indian industry. Nichrome’s current thrust is on developing and introducing top-notch solutions for the Pharmaceutical industry – for both OEMs and customers.

Nichrome Brings One of the Leading Tablets Tooling Manufacturer – Yener to India

Nichrome has recently signed a partnership agreement with YenerKalip Ltd. from Turkey, a globala leader in High Performance Tablet Compression Tooling. Yener has been active in the pharmaceutical quality tablet tooling market since 1983. Yener presently operates in tablet punches and dies, maintenance kits and Storage Systems required for Precession Toolings.

Yener highlights:

State-of-the-art production Facility

Yener punches and dies are all manufactured to stringent quality specifications on cutting-edge CNC machines for maximum tooling efficiency, durability and performance. CNC grinding ensures good surface finish and precession in tolerances.

Premium steel quality

At Yener,the focus is always on selection of metallurgy of the toolings. Yener Punches and dies are made from a high quality steel which gives excellent toughness, impact resistant, no deformations and wear resistant. To address the sticking issues with the punches and dies, Yener uses vacuum heat treatment ovens. This process enhances the properties of toolings drastically. Hence the Yener Punches come with

• Enhance Hardness
• Enhanced Strength
• Almost no corrosion
• Almost no Sticking
• Reduces granule impregnation
• Reduces wear and tear

Special coating

The Specialty of Yener’s products lies in proprietary chromium nitride (CrN) coating. Chromium Nitride has a metallic silver-like color and forms a tough thin film coating with high hardness, good oxidation resistance, and a low coefficient of friction making it ideal for metal and plastic forming applications.

CrN is also more corrosion resistant than tin especially in aqueous solutions and is used as a direct substitute for chromium plating. The hardness of the CrN coating is approximately 2x that of conventional “hard” chrome plating.

Customisation

Yener works with customers to tailor its products as per specific machine or application needs. Whether for OEMs or the replacement market, Yener offers flexibility. Features such as embossing (numbers, letters, logos, etc.), breakline, seal groove, laser marking, measuring report, etc. are the additional features.

Nichrome introduces this technology which is at par with the global standards yet cost effective, making the business sustainable in the competitive environment. For pharmaceutical machine manufacturers who want to build such reliable and proven technology into their machines, or for end customers in the pharma industry who want to enhance the performance of their existing tablet compression machines, Yener tooling deliver unmatched efficiency, strength and durability.

MEET US AT CPhI & P-MEC India 2019

Nichrome India is all set to score at CPhI & P-MEC India, the seedbed of the growing Indian Pharma industry. CPhI & P-MEC India brings together 43,000+ attendees and 1,500+ exhibiting companies, and presents the ideal platform to explore the latest pharma machinery, technology, ingredients and industrial solutions.

MEET US AT CPhI & P-MEC India 2019

CPHI (Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients) & P-MEC (Pharmaceutical Machinery and Equipment Convention) provide Nichrome the opportunity to meet potential clients and partners hence helping in strengthening existing relationship. The expo is also a great opening to new markets through presentation and display of its products, services and tie-ups.

Nichrome has recently signed strategic alliances with a number of international companies to bring their world-class technology, packaging systems and components for the Indian pharma industry. Nichrome offers varied integrated packaging solutions for ampoule & vial filling, granulation, tablet/capsule counting & filling, blister packaging, besides special tools, parts and pre-assembled units for OEMs in the pharma, cosmetic and food sectors.

These global offerings, backed by Nichrome’s well-established and widespread sales and service network, makes Nichrome a pharma packaging player worth partnering with. For an introduction to Nichrome’s innovative packaging solutions for the Pharma sector, please visit the Nichrome stall at P-Mec India.